WePlay! Dota 2 Valentine Madness: to the lower bracket
NAVI lose the series 0:2
The upper bracket finals had 
NAVI.GG.BET play against 
Ninjas in Pyjamas in a Bo3 series. Unfortunately, we didn't manage to win a single game, dropping to the lower bracket finals.
Game 1 — Natus Vincere [0:1] Ninjas in Pyjamas
NAVI.GG.BET
Crystallize
MagicaL
Blizzy
Chuvash
SoNNeikO
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Ace
FATA-
33
Saksa
ppd
The first game started off quite actively — teams were trading kills on the top lane quite actively. In part, this was due to the fact NAVI went for a rather aggressive draft, and were looking to score as many as possible. NAVI were mostly getting the better end of the trades — 
SoNNeikO took part in almost all of the kills. As the teams got their levels, the fights became more equal, as Ninjas in Pyjamas were finding the kills and fights as well.
The first serious move by NAVI happened 21 minutes in, as we took the Roshan and tried to go for the high ground. We had a favorable trade — 2 enemy heroes in exchange for our Sven. Ninjas in Pyjamas had to use buybacks, which allowed them to kill Huskar twice. 10 minutes later, with another Aegis in hand, NAVI went for the T3 again and took it down successfully, but Troll Warlord turned out to be a lot faster, demolishing the entire top lane. Finally, Ninjas in Pyjamas managed to give a decisive fight 35 minutes in, killing 3 people and popping the Aegis. This secured the opponent 4k gold lead.
As Ninjas in Pyjamas went for the lat push, NAVI had to use everything at their disposal. The heroes were buying back and respawning, but that wasn't enough to save the base. We lose the first game after 40 minutes of intense battle.
Game 2 — Natus Vincere [0:2] Ninjas in Pyjamas
NAVI.GG.BET
Crystallize-
MagicaL
Blizzy-
Chuvash
-
SoNNeikO
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Ace
FATA--
33
-
Saksa
ppd
The second game had the First Blood spilled 2-3 minute into the game, as Hasted Sven, played by Chu, ganked mid, taking down Viper. There weren't a lot more kills happening on the map after that, as both teams preferred to farm up instead of fighting, only rotating when necessary. By 10 minutes, we were 1 kill up, but 2k net worth down. 14 minutes in, Ninjas in Pyjamas went for the first Roshan of the game, claimed the Aegis successfully, and started pressuring NAVI around the map.
Ninjas in Pyjamas were successful in taking over the map control. They methodically went for tower after tower, and soon, they were knocking on NAVI's highground door. NAVI wasn't ready for that at all, and tried to fight as much as possble. Unfortunately, the strength of the Aegis and the items on the Radiant side was too much to overcome for NAVI, as we drop the second game and the series.
